EHR Intelligence September 21, 2020
Health systems are saving money after implementing CDS alerts into their respective EHR systems.
EHR-based clinical decision support (CDS) interventions have an overall positive economic impact on health systems, according to a study published in the US National Library of Medicine.
While researchers noted a lack of extensive cost components in their analysis, researchers acknowledged CDS interventions had a positive economic impact on health systems, such as reducing healthcare waste.
CDS tools enable prescribers to access real-time patient data, ideally resulting in enhanced patient safety and medication accuracy. CDS alerts can also prevent errors and additional adverse drug events from happening. Implementing CDS alerts into EHRs aims to reduce costs based on these typical health system challenges.
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